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ChibiUsagi |
Posted: Oct 27, 2009 7:39 pm |
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さくらんぼ

Joined: 15 Oct 2009
Posts: 30
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right now im just reading whatever i can get my hands on lol i just got donw with the silver kiss by annette curtis klause and memoirs of a geisha that book had me hooked |
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zyoeru |
Posted: Oct 27, 2009 9:31 pm |
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さくらんぼ

Joined: 27 Oct 2009
Posts: 48
Location: Barnsley
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I'm at college studying histories and English literature...so I'm currently reading a lot:
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood (fantastic book!)
The World's Wife - Carol Ann Duffy (my favourite poet!)
A Streetcar Named Desire - Tennessee Williams
Iliad - Homer |
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Ushee |
Posted: Nov 02, 2009 7:33 pm |
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ユメクイ

Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Posts: 1206
Location: Lancaster, New York
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^ I absolutely love A Handmaid's Tale
Night by Elie Wiesel
I read it in highschool and this is a reread, it's a truly powerful and emotional book |
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hitomi #1 |
Posted: Nov 10, 2009 6:12 pm |
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PEACH

Joined: 17 Feb 2009
Posts: 1933
Location: On Ai's speed dial!
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Don't ask why.
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flintandtas |
Posted: Dec 29, 2009 7:37 am |
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クラゲ, 流れ星

Joined: 07 Jul 2009
Posts: 8451
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Dragons of an Hourglass Mage
Margaret Weis and Tracey Hickman
Yay - new DragonLance book and Flint and Tas are both in it (though only briefly) Amazing how well this book retains the magic and emotions of the original series  |
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sakuraangel |
Posted: Dec 30, 2009 9:41 pm |
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クラゲ, 流れ星

Joined: 10 Feb 2007
Posts: 8011
Location: Canada
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I was reading Pride and Prejudice, but I have given up on it since I already know what will happen.
I am not reading the new Douglas Coupland book Generation A. He hails from Vancouver Canada but I think his choice of writing whether it be style or subject is very different. My colleague actually recommend him.
Description:Quote: Generation A, Douglas Coupland’s 11th novel, is a great bookend to Generation X, the novel that launched his career. The term “Generation A” was in fact coined by Kurt Vonnegut, but Coupland embraces it and makes it his own. The narrative is written from alternating first-person points of view, a tactic that harkens back to Generation X. The story takes place at a time in the near future when honeybees have become extinct. Five people (referred to in the novel as the “Wonka children”) are mysteriously stung. At the heart of the mystery is the controversial drug Solon, which allows its users to suppress anxiety by living exclusively in the present. Like detective fiction, the book uncovers the connections between the Wonka children and this dangerous drug, but it also plays with narrative conventions by illustrating the ways that people tell stories in our increasingly digital, ultra-high-speed world. If Generation X gave us “tales for an accelerated culture,” then Generation A is its natural extension, offering tales for the information overloaded. The bite-sized chapters and witty tone will appeal to those with perpetual attention defi cits, and bits of pop culture sprinkled liberally throughout will attract readers highly attuned to the current zeitgeist. Coupland clearly understands the minds of the current generation – young people who have never known a time without the Internet – and plays on their desire to jump continually from one subject to the next. To what end does this cultural ADD affect our lives and the ways we communicate with others? How can we silence the sounds of data that are constantly streaming into our heads? Are deeper human connections becoming more possible thanks to the Internet, or does the lack of face-time increase our alienation? Coupland explores these questions without resorting to obvious, cynical answers. He even manages to offer a hopeful ending, despite the odds. -- Quill & Quire
If anyone does actually pick this up thought, do be warned, there is an excessive amount of profanity in this book XD But it is lingo that Generation A would use and he even throws in internet/texting lingo which I find quite humorous. |
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woaini |
Posted: Jan 01, 2010 1:28 am |
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クラゲ, 流れ星

Joined: 14 Oct 2009
Posts: 15207
Location: the boonies
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i've been reading a lot of books...
Beauty - Retelling of Beauty and the Beast- by Robin McKinley such a wonderful book, makes my love for fary tales grow even more each time i read it and believe me im a fary tale addict.
Reincarnation by Suzanne Weyn, a beautiful love story about a couple that are continuously being torn apart through the ages, from Cavemen to Egyptians to Greeks to the Salem Whitch Trials and many others life times up to modern day. i highly recomend this book
and im still reading on the Blood+ novel series, for the millionth time, by Ryo Ikehata im currently on vol 2 Chevalier
and im looking for a good book about Cupid and Psyche. i found one that caught my eye called Cupid a tale of Love and Desire by Julius Lester. cant wait to get to the book store and ick up a copy  |
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tadabelle-paaan |
Posted: Jan 01, 2010 11:36 am |
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ネコに風船

Joined: 20 May 2007
Posts: 555
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I just finished My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult and I started The Devil Wears Prada just this morning.
mhmmmm going to check out some of the books you guys listed up there  |
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Crystallas |
Posted: Jan 02, 2010 3:21 pm |
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クラゲ, 流れ星

Joined: 29 Apr 2008
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I just finished the thriller "Trigger" from Wulf Dorn. It was very suspense-packed, I was so scared sometimes . |
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Posted: Jan 02, 2010 8:44 pm |
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クラゲ, 流れ星

Joined: 14 Oct 2006
Posts: 3609
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Reading A Farewell to Arms. I've only like read 4 chapters and there's 36 to go! It's for my English class this year. The book's got a couple of themes like love & war, loss of friendship. It's actually 3 books in one. It was written by Ernest Hemingway during the war times. |
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Smily in Seattle |
Posted: Jan 12, 2010 11:18 pm |
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クラゲ, 流れ星

Joined: 20 May 2009
Posts: 3564
Location: Seattle, WA
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I just finished readin Black Rain by Ibuse Masuji. It took me a long time since I only spent a few minutes per day reading. It is a very powerful book written on a very powerful subject, but Ibuse's irony and wit are still all over the place among the tradgedy. |
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.::carlito::. |
Posted: Jan 13, 2010 12:23 am |
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クラゲ, 流れ星

Joined: 14 Oct 2006
Posts: 3609
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Correction, A Farewell to Arms is 5 books. I'm up to the fourth book now and I can't be too far from the end so I can start writing summaries and theme descriptions.
The book I'm reading really explores the themes in depth like experience with love and abstract ideas of service during the war time.  |
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woaini |
Posted: Jan 13, 2010 12:33 am |
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クラゲ, 流れ星

Joined: 14 Oct 2009
Posts: 15207
Location: the boonies
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^ who's it by? it sound kinda interesting to me  |
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woaini |
Posted: Jan 20, 2010 5:49 pm |
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クラゲ, 流れ星

Joined: 14 Oct 2009
Posts: 15207
Location: the boonies
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any one know where i can find a really good book about Cupid and Psyche? one thats nicely written, stays on topic, and is more that 150 pages... the one i ordered turned out to be a dud... the author talks more about his personal life than the actual story it's supposed to be about....
it can be a whole mytology book or just a tale of them or what ever i dont really mind... i just want a good book... not like the one i ended up with... |
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.::carlito::. |
Posted: Jan 20, 2010 11:39 pm |
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クラゲ, 流れ星

Joined: 14 Oct 2006
Posts: 3609
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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I thought you would know. Ernest Hemingway.  |
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